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The Blue Onion Pattern is almost as old as the European invention of porcelain itself! But what
is so special about it? Why has it fascinated us for three hundred years? What role did the
Onion Pattern play in 18th century Chinese export porcelain in underglaze blue and famille
rose? The history of the Blue Onion Pattern is intertwined with the history of blue-and-white
porcelain painting itself. Anja Hell sheds light on the beginnings of Meissen underglaze blue
painting until the year 1739 and later covers the range from the 19th century to the present.
She examines the artistic development of blue-and-white painting and the associated economic
implications for the Meissen Manufactory. Lutz Miedtank cogently presents the results of his
many years of research on the early period of the Blue Onion Pattern. Inspired by Chinese
export porcelain and underglaze blue decorated faience Meissen's blue painters created their
own Meissen Blue Onion Pattern on hard paste porcelain around 1730. Hitherto unpublished
Chinese export and early Meissen porcelain with Blue Onion designs including several
over-decorations that were re-dated using XRF data as well as numerous imitations of the
pattern on 18th century European porcelain and faience are shown. They provide important
evidence for new and surprising insights into the genesis of the Meissen Blue Onion Pattern.
This English edition is based on the revised 2023 German edition of Von China nach Meissen. 300
Jahre Zwiebelmuster published in open access. It features an Introduction by Prof. Dr. Ulrich
Pietsch Director emeritus of the Dresden Porcelain Collection. A large number of previously
unpublished porcelain objects copious comments and annotations and a comprehensive list of
primary sources render this book an indispensable reference work for collectors art dealers
historians and friends of the Blue Onion Pattern.
